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C.D. Howe Institute

The C.D. Howe Institute is a Canadian not-for-profit research organization based in Toronto, Ontario.

Organization

Name Position Notes
William Robson Chief Executive Officer[1] -
Hugh MacKinnon Chair Bennett Jones
Brian Levitt Vice-Chair TD Bank Group
Lydia Bugden Director Stewart McKelvey
Scott Burns Director BURNCO Group of Companies
Heather Chalmers Director General Electric
Bert Clark Director Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
Brad Corson Director Imperial Oil
Hélène Desmarais Director Centre d'entreprises et d'innovation de Montréal
Victor Dodig Director Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
Rick Ekstein Director Phaze 3
Heather Evans Director Canadian Tax Foundation
Louis Gagnon Director Intact Financial
Blake Goldring Director AGF Management
Bruce Gordon Director Manulife
Paul Hill Director Harvard Developments
Brian Johnston Director -
Anna Kennedy Director KingSett Capital
Cyrus Madon Director Brookfield
Ronald Mathison Director Matco Investments
Marcia Moffatt Director BlackRock
Gilles Ouellette Director BMO Financial Group
Aaron Regent Director Magris Performance Materials, Scotiabank
Donald Reimer Director Reimer Express World Corp.
Shirlzee Sharkey Director SE Health
Stephen Smith Director First National Financial
Jonathan Tétrault Director Sagard Holdings
Leonard Waverman Director DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Alfred Wirth Director HNW Investments
Tom Closson Health Policy Council Co-chair Tom Closson Consulting, Ontario Hospital Association
Brian Postl Health Policy Council Co-chair University of Manitoba
Mehmood Alibhai Health Policy Council member Boehringer Ingelheim
Richard Alvarez Health Policy Council member Richard Alvarez & Associates
Lesia Babiak Health Policy Council member Johnson & Johnson
Angela Behboodi Health Policy Council member Amgen
Joseph Berger Health Policy Council member McKesson
Ake Blomquist Health Policy Council member Carleton University
Alain Boisvert Health Policy Council member Pharmascience
Charles Brown Health Policy Council member LifeLabs
Vito Ciciretto Health Policy Council member Dynacare
Janet Davidson Health Policy Council member Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Renato Discenza Health Policy Council member HealthPRO Procurement Services
David Dodge Health Policy Council member Bennett Jones
Christopher Donnelly Health Policy Council member Manulife
Donna Duncan Health Policy Council member Ontario Long Term Care Association
Will Falk Health Policy Council member Think Research
Stephen Frank Health Policy Council member Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
Neil Fraser Health Policy Council member Medtronic
Michael Green Health Policy Council member Canada Health Infoway
Sandra Hanna Health Policy Council member Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada
Jon Hantho Health Policy Council member Canadian Back Institute
Steven Hogue Health Policy Council member Pfizer
Fred Horne Health Policy Council member Horne and Associates
Kathryn Hughes Health Policy Council member TELUS Health
Alok Kanti Health Policy Council member Bayer
Jim Keon Health Policy Council member Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association
Mark Komlenic Health Policy Council member Alberta Blue Cross
Jeffrey Lozon Health Policy Council member Lozon Associates
Guy Legault Health Policy Council member Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting
Wendy Levinson Health Policy Council member Choosing Wisely Canada
Ryan Lock Health Policy Council member GlaxoSmithKline
Cindy Maharaj Health Policy Council member GE HealthCare
Cassondra McCrory Health Policy Council member Roche
David O'Toole Health Policy Council member Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Christian Ouellet Health Policy Council member Novartis
Michel Robidoux Health Policy Council member Sandoz
Sharon Ryan Health Policy Council member Edwards Lifesciences
Erik Sande Health Policy Council member Medavie Health Services
Shirlee Sharkey Health Policy Council member SE Health
Graham Sher Health Policy Council member Canadian Blood Services
Chelsea Smallwood Health Policy Council member Becton Dickinson (BD)
Cam Vidler Health Policy Council member Green Shield Canada
Jocelyne Voisin Health Policy Council member Health Canada
David Walker Health Policy Council member Queen's University
Thomas Wellner Health Policy Council member Revera
Jennifer Zelmer Health Policy Council member Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Rosalie Wyonch Senior Policy Analyst -
Tingting Zhang Junior Policy Analyst -

Donors

Donors to the institute include:[1:1][2][3][4][5]

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Accenture
  • Aimia
  • Alberta Electric System Operator
  • Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
  • Amazon
  • Amgen
  • Arthur J.E. Child Foundation
  • Aurea Foundation
  • Barrick Gold
  • BIOTECanada
  • BMO Financial Group
  • Borden Executive Search
  • Canada-Belgium Committee
  • Canada Company
  • Canada Health Infoway
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  • Canada's Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
  • Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
  • Canadian Bankers Association
  • Canadian Building Trades Unions
  • Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  • Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
  • Canadian Finance & Leasing Association
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
  • Canadian Real Estate Association
  • Canadian Steel Producers Association
  • Cerner
  • CIRANO
  • Citi
  • Council of Ontario Universities
  • Crabtree Foundation
  • Dallas Chamber of Commerce
  • Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
  • DBRS Morningstar
  • Deloitte
  • Dentons
  • Donner Canadian Foundation
  • Ed Najgebauer Foundation
  • Enbridge
  • Entertainment Software Association of Canada
  • Ford
  • Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
  • Future Skills Centre
  • General Dynamics
  • General Electric (GE)
  • Genworth
  • GIV3
  • Grant Thornton
  • Hydro One Networks
  • IGM Financial
  • Independent Electricity System Operator
  • Intact Financial
  • Invesco
  • Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)
  • Ivey Foundation
  • John Dobson Foundation
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • KPMG
  • Life Sciences Ontario
  • Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation
  • Mastercard
  • Max Bell Foundation
  • NexJ Health
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • OFX
  • Ontario Construction Secretariat
  • Ontario Hospital Association (OHA)
  • Ontario Long Term Care Association
  • OpenText
  • Petman Foundation
  • Pharmascience
  • Primerica
  • PSP Investments
  • Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
  • St. Elizabeth Health
  • Tax-Filer Empowerment Canada
  • TELUS Health
  • Thomson Reuters
  • Toronto Financial District BIA
  • Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
  • Torys
  • Trottier Family Foundation
  • Walter and Maria Schroeder Foundation
  • Weston Family Foundation

Members

Organizational members of the C.D. Howe Institute include:

  • 3M
  • 3Sixty Public Affairs
  • Accenture
  • Advocis
  • AGF Management
  • Agnico-Eagle Mines
  • Aird & Berlis
  • Alberta Investment Management Corporation
  • Algoma Central
  • Amazon
  • Amgen
  • Appraisal Institute of Canada
  • Arthritis Society
  • Association of Canadian Pension Management
  • Association of Power Producers of Ontario
  • Assuris
  • ATCO
  • Bayer
  • BC Pension Corporation
  • Becton Dickinson (BD)
  • Bell
  • Bennett Jones
  • Biogen
  • Birch Hill Equity Partners
  • BlackRock
  • Blackstone
  • Blake, Cassels & Graydon
  • BMGI Group
  • BMO Financial Group
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Bombardier
  • Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG)
  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
  • Brookfield
  • Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso
  • Bruce Power
  • BURNCO Group of Companies
  • Business Council of British Columbia
  • Business Council of Canada
  • Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
  • Cadillac Fairview
  • Carleton University
  • CAAT Pension Plan
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
  • Calgary Real Estate Board
  • Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC)
  • Canada Guaranty
  • Canada Life Assurance Company
  • Canada Overseas Investments
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
  • Canada-Belgium Committee
  • Canadian Addiction Treatment Centre
  • Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
  • Canadian Bankers Association
  • Canadian Blood Services (CBS)
  • Canadian Business Growth Fund
  • Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
  • Canadian Credit Union Association
  • Canadian Electricity Association
  • Canadian Finance & Leasing Association
  • Canadian Fuels Association
  • Canadian Gas Association
  • Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
  • Canadian Institute of Financial Planning
  • Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
  • Canadian National Institute for the Blind
  • Canadian National Railway
  • Canadian Nuclear Association
  • Canadian Payroll Association
  • Canadian Real Estate Association
  • Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Canadian Tire
  • Canadian Trucking Alliance
  • Canadian Utilities Limited
  • Canadian Western Bank
  • Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
  • Canadians for Clean Prosperity
  • Candor Investments
  • Capital One
  • Capital Power Corporation
  • Capitalize for Kids
  • CareerEdge
  • Cargill
  • CBI Health
  • Cenovus Energy
  • CEO Global Network
  • Ceridian
  • CFA Societies Canada
  • Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
  • Cirque du Soleil
  • Clairvest Group
  • Clean Prosperity
  • Cogeco Communication
  • Concentra Bank
  • Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting
  • CPA Ontario
  • Credit Union Central Alberta
  • CST Consultants
  • Cumberland Private Wealth Management
  • DBRS
  • DeGroote School of Business
  • Deloitte
  • Desjardins
  • Donner Canadian Foundation
  • DuPont
  • Earnscliffe Strategies
  • Eastlink
  • eBay
  • Economap
  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • E-L Financial Corporation
  • Elevate Export Finance Corp.
  • EllisDon
  • Empire Communities
  • Enbridge
  • Entertainment Software Association of Canada
  • Equitable Bank
  • Ernst & Young (EY)
  • Export Development Canada
  • Fidelity Investments
  • First National Financial
  • FleishmanHillard Highroad
  • Ford
  • Forest Products Association of Canada
  • FP Canada Research Foundation
  • General Electric (GE)
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)
  • Green Shield Canada
  • Grocery Foundation
  • GWN Capital Management
  • Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation
  • H&R Block
  • H.H. Angus & Associates
  • Harvard Developments
  • Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
  • Healthcare Supply Chain Network
  • HealthPRO Procurement Services
  • HEC Montréal
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies
  • Home Trust Company
  • Honda
  • Hugessen Consulting
  • Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA)
  • Hydro One Networks
  • IBM
  • ICICI Bank
  • Imperial Oil
  • Independent Electricity System Operator
  • Innovative Medicines Canada
  • Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC)
  • Insurance Bureau of Canada
  • Intact Financial
  • Intuit
  • Investment Funds Institute of Canada
  • Investment Industry Association of Canada
  • Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
  • Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
  • ITCAN
  • Jackman Foundation
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • JTI-Macdonald
  • Juul Labs
  • Kids Help Phone
  • KingSett Capital
  • Kinross Gold
  • KPMG
  • Maclab Development Group
  • Maclab Properties Group
  • Magris Performance Materials
  • Manulife
  • Market Surveillance Administrator
  • Mastercard
  • Mattamy Asset Management
  • Mattamy Homes
  • Max Bell Foundation
  • McCain Foods
  • McCarthy Tétrault
  • McKesson
  • McKinsey & Company
  • McMaster University
  • McMillan
  • MD Physician Services
  • Medavie Health
  • Medcan Health Management
  • Medisys HealthGroup
  • Medtech Canada
  • Mercure Conseil
  • Meridian Credit Union
  • Metrolinx
  • MindBeacon Group
  • Mitacs
  • Moodys Tax
  • Morgan Meighen & Associates
  • National Association of Career Colleges
  • National Bank of Canada
  • Normandin Beaudry
  • Northeastern University
  • NOVA Chemicals
  • Nutrien
  • Oak Hill Financial
  • Ontario Dental Association
  • Ontario Long Term Care Association
  • Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
  • Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS)
  • Ontario Power Generation
  • Ontario Real Estate Association
  • Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP)
  • Ontario Trillium Foundation
  • OPTrust
  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
  • Parkland Corporation
  • Payments Canada
  • Persis Holdings
  • PetalMD
  • Pfizer
  • Pharmascience
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
  • Polytechnics Canada
  • Power Corporation of Canada
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
  • Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation
  • Public Sector Pension Investment Board
  • Pumpkin
  • Queen's University
  • Randstad
  • Repsol
  • Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario
  • Revera
  • Roche
  • Rogers Communications
  • Rothmans, Benson & Hedges
  • Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
  • Sagard Holdings
  • Sagen
  • SAS Institute
  • Scotiabank
  • SE Health
  • Seymour Management Consulting
  • Shaw Communications
  • Shell
  • SNC-Lavalin
  • Summa Strategies Canada
  • Summerhill Capital Management
  • Sun Life Financial
  • Suncor Energy
  • Surrey Board of Trade
  • Sussex Strategy Group
  • TAO Group Holdings
  • TC Energy
  • TD Bank Group
  • Teck Resources
  • TELUS
  • Terrestrial Energy
  • TMX Group
  • Torkin Manes
  • Toronto Finance International
  • Toronto Leadership Centre
  • Toronto Region Board of Trade
  • Torys
  • Toyota
  • TransAlta
  • Uber
  • University of Alberta
  • University of British Columbia (UBC)
  • University of Calgary
  • University of Manitoba
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Western Ontario
  • Urban Development Institute
  • Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
  • Vanguard
  • Visa
  • Weston Forest
  • Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Willis Towers Watson
  • Wolf Midstream
  • Woodbridge Company

Publications


  1. Annual Report 2021. C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109082150/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/2021_AR_English_0525_0.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. MacKinnon, H. L., & Robson, W. B. P. Annual Report 2020. C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192051/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2020_AR_English_web_0.pdf ↩︎

  3. MacKinnon, H. L., & Robson, W. B. P. Annual Report 2019. C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192117/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2019 AR_English.pdf ↩︎

  4. MacKinnon, H. L., & Robson, W. B. P. Annual Report 2017. C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192109/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2017 AR_English_Final_web.pdf ↩︎

  5. Annual Report 2016. C.D. Howe Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192123/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2016 AR_English_web_0.pdf ↩︎